xiii, 162 p. : 23 cm

Includes index

1. Prerequisites. Introduction to the review lecture ; Caltech from the bottom ; Mathematics for physics ; Differentiation ; Integration ; Vectors ; Differentiating vectors ; Line integrals ; A simple example ; Triangulation -- 2. Laws and intuition. The physical laws ; The nonrelativistic approximation ; Motion with forces ; Forces and their potentials ; Learning physics by example ; Understanding physics physically ; A problem in machine design ; Earth's escape velocity ; Alternate solutions. Finding the acceleration of the weight using geometry ; Finding the acceleration of the weight using trigonometry ; Finding the force on the weight using torque and angular momentum -- 3. Problems and solutions. Satellite motion ; Discovery of the atomic nucleus ; The fundamental rocket equation ; A numerical integration ; Chemical rockets ; Ion propulsion rockets ; Photon propulsion rockets ; An electrostatic proton beam deflector ; Determining the mass of the pi meson -- 4. Dynamical effects and their applications. A demonstration gyroscope ; The directional gyro ; The artificial horizon ; A ship-stabilizing gyroscope ; The gyrocompass ; Improvements in gyroscopes design and construction ; Accelerometers ; A complete navigational system ; Effects of the earth's rotation ; The spinning disk ; Earth's nutation ; Angular momentum in astronomy ; Angular momentum in quantum mechanics ; After the lecture -- 5. Selected exercises. Conservation of energy, statics ; Kepler's laws and gravitation ; Kinematics ; Newton's laws ; Conservation of momentum ; Vectors ; Nonrelativistic two-body collisions in 3 dimensions ; Forces ; Potentials and fields ; Units and dimensions ; Relativistic energy and momentum ; Rotations in two dimensions, the center mass ; Angular momentum, the moment of inertia ; Rotation in three dimensions

Includes bibliographical references and index

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